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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "What Would You Do If You Were President?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have many Burmese become communists?
(a) Because they believe the communists are against the Westerners, who have behaved unjustly
(b) Because communists are the winning team
(c) Because the communists offer them more money
(d) Because Americans are ugly

2. What have the communists told the northern province villagers about the Americans?
(a) They torture everyone
(b) They are good and decent people
(c) They smell bad
(d) They are rich snobs who don't understand Filipinos

3. Who is Father Finian?
(a) A Buddhist priest who lives next door to Homer Atkins
(b) A priest who is transferred to Burma by the Vatican
(c) Louis Sears' father in law
(d) The priest who runs the boys club in Sarkhan

4. Why did the rumor persist?
(a) The American embassy did not deny it
(b) The President of the USA said it
(c) Someone overheard an official repeat the rumor
(d) It was on CNN all day long

5. What does Father Finian do when he arrives in Burma?
(a) Asks the archbishop for permission to move into a larger house
(b) Asks his archbishop for provisions and permission to go into the jungle
(c) Converts to Buddhism and shaves his head
(d) Finds a wife and settles down

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sears think could increase morale at the embassy in Sarkhan?

2. What does U Maung Swe say is the reason America has lost its prestige in Asia?

3. What evidence does Sears present that he is doing a good job in Sarkhan?

4. Why did the Ambassador resent this move?

5. How many native communists does Sears claim to have met?

(see the answer key)

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